Lloyd Alexander, a well known figure in the world of children’s literature has died due to cancer. He was 83. Alexander died at his home. He has authored some forty books, most of which are fantasy novels. The Chronicles of Prydain has been his most famous contribution to the world of literature.
He started to write at the age of 15. He even served in the US Army during World War II, where he became a staff sergeant. While attending University of Paris he met Janine Denni whom he married in 1946. Janine died just two weeks before his death. He also had a number of awards to his name.
The High King, the final book in the Prydain series, won him the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association in 1969. The Black Cauldron from the same series was named a runner-up for the Newbery Honor Book. The fourth book in the series, Taran Wanderer, was also a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. “The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian,” won a 1971 National Book Award and he also won a 1982 American Book Award for ‘Westmark’. He also received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for The Fortune-Tellers. The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio, his final novel is scheduled to be published in August.
Source:USAToday
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